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more food allows thepopulation to grow.
Successful farming practices and food surpluses in Mesopotamia allowed for a more stable food supply, which supported the growth of cities and populations. This surplus also enabled specialization of labor, leading to the development of trade and commerce. Additionally, it facilitated the rise of complex social structures and centralized governments.
Surpluses lead to cities because the people who would be builing the cities became healthier and stronger because they had more food. The population also grew because people had more kids. Food surpluses fed more people. Instead of producing food, the people had more time to have jobs like being an artisan and crafting items.
Successful farming practices helped Mesopotamia grow because people were able to settle and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Food surpluses made it possible for people to work on other things, such as art and music.
Agriculture encourages the development because when farmers produce food surpluses, the society's economy begins to expand and also becomes richer.
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In the case of ancient peoples living in agricultural settlements, food surpluses were part of the reason these settlements grew into larger civilizations. A food surplus of a product another settlement lacked became barter material in exchange for other food products the first settlement lacked. Food for gold and silver was another result of selling off a food surplus to nations that needed the food and had gold to spend. Expansion of settlements led to trade and better means of transportation in order to trade a food surplus such as corn for example.
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more food allows thepopulation to grow.
more food allows thepopulation to grow.
Food surpluses allowed some individuals in the community to specialize in activities other than food production, leading to the emergence of new occupations such as craftsmen, traders, and government officials. This specialization helped to improve society's overall productivity and led to the development of more complex societies with various job roles.